Briefly about Donetsk

Donetsk is a city in the Rostov region of Russia. Located on the river Seversky Donetsk, in 171 km from Rostov-on-don. In the city there is a customs point on the border with Ukraine. Through the city passes the Federal highway M21. The city's industry is represented by enterprises of machine-building and textile industries, the development of extraction and processing of coking coal. The population of 50,2 thousand people, 89,35% Russians, 2.5% Ukrainians and Armenians.

Based in 1681 as a Cossack stanitsa Hundorivs. The name is derived from the name Gondar. In 1951 year he received the city status and the name Gundorova. In 1955 was Donetsk, the name given to the river Seversky Donets.

Business news

01/16/2018 05:15, " Interfax-Ukraine " tells: "The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine has lifted sanctions from the Russian coal supplier Yuzhtrans LLC (Rostov region), according ... in 2015 suspected Yuzhtrans of participating in an illegal scheme for export of coal from the uncontrolled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions."

11/30/2017 10:50, " Kyiv Post " tells: "The goods worth some $167,000 found by the SBU officers at a warehouse in the town of Verkhniotoretske in Donetsk Oblast. ... added that DTEK had denied the claims and promised to show the evidence that the company now uses coal produced at its coal mines in RussiaĂ˘âŹâ˘s Rostov Oblast."

Politics and society

10/16/2018 11:30, " https://en.crimerussia.com/ " tells: "A redistribution of spheres of influence is ongoing in the region at all levels of the state (and ... Moscow imposes Denis Pushilin upon Donetsk people .... and thieves-in-law attended by some 15 persons was held in Rostov-on-Don."